We had a neighbour's Lim x bullock jump over the fence and get in with our cattle . MENTAL is putting it mildly! You couldn't get anywhere near it . They had to get the vet to come out and dart it, then while it was unconscious load it into the beet basket on the front of their Volvo loader, rope him down and carry him home. OK l know they are not all like that but that one was totally batshit crazy.
I made the entire shed 20 years ago, welded it all,put it up ourselves and fitted it out, that was before the pressures of a wife and kids.(edit and building a house.)
The cubicles are 1.2 metre centre and 2.4 metre long with a wooden brisket bar 3”x3” fastened over the cubicle mats to secure them using concrete turbo screws. The mats are superb and the cows love them, highly recommended.
Is the pit just below the scrape passage then or the whole width of the shed? I’m just intrigued, giving me food for thought what I could change here!
I built the shed for the sucklers, never have milked. The cost of straw and quantities needed made investing in a shed worthwhile. Like i said, fabricated the frame, second hand sheets, erected ourselves and did all the fitting out.
Wedge shaped, 60x30 ish, 10-12 ft deep far end. Scrapes in from the side. Would do it a bit bigger if I was doing it again.
Aah I see we have a similar pit we put a roof over it few years ago couldn’t cope with the amount of water collecting in it. Makes good muck that semi solid stuff
That's a surprise , first look at that setup I presumed it was a hangover from the dairy job like lots of setups are !
Yes, needs roofing really but again it’s the cost, in fact not necessarily the cost but justifying the capital with the return from sucklers is marginal. Beef prices are currently better though although returns are linked to costs.
